Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-25
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original school Boasd Of GAncsssse-Ths
Asost Important Measures fhss Hs
Ot,s,nassd and Advocated.

Some Of the bsst workers" IN the In nfancy
OF tho common school syatem OF this city
neither sought nor would acCeps official sta.
tion. Oi these the three most conspicuous.
and whose names most frequently appear
upon tho old minutes Of tho hoard, were
Rev. Samuel Bowman, DIR. John l.. Atlee
and John +. Steiumsn. There wero several
others scarcely los distinguished, but these
were the leaders, eminent on the
noor and in tho outside work.
AZ extended memorials have at different
times been printed Of both Rev. Bowman
and DR.. Atlee We will content ourselves To-
day by culling from the minutes OF the
board . few OF the important measures either
originated or advocated by Mr.. Steinmsu,
who was thu ope' xetic TREND Of the superin.
tending COMMITTEES st Tho birth oi our school
system.
oNE OF THE FIRST TwELvE
John +. Stetnman wss one OF tho frat
twelve school directors recommended BY
ls3s, and unanimously elected, to serve
the tirst Tuesday In May, 1879.
Mr. Stsinman's fvst vote In the hoard was
to levy tax OF $1,000 for toe support OF the
common schools, instead Of q, $50 % was OF
first proposed.
Tho first committee on which Mr.. Stsin-
man served WAS one "io take into considers.
tion the salaries Of teachers and the time
when the common school - stem can be
brought into operation.
The committee reported, July 9th, 1888,
that 81 100 wouid TO requested 10 pay nine
teachers and that tho schools could be
opened tho first Monday Ia septsnber 1888
Mr.. StsinmAn having boon appointed one
- ,,s,iff n ~ vuf.i 4.
ency Of furnishing school books free to
scholars In the public schools tho committee
reported adversely, except whore the parents
of the scholars were unable 70 buy them.
The report was adopted and remAius In
force unto THE date (!ss7).
On the oh OF July iS3s, Mr.. S.eInman OF.
tered the following resolution, which Was
adopted:
Reso'red, That at tho next stated meeting
prs ssut public school, shall 10 continued on
the old (t.ancss,SrisnI system or whether
change SNAIL be made III It's organization.
On the l.t OF August no offered the follow.
ing resolution:
Resotred Tnat q COMMITTEES OF seven b
appointed to report u modification OF the
Lxncasterian sysiem to the next meeting OF
the board.
The resolution was adopted and Mr.. Stein.
man Wss made chairman OF tho committee,
his sssocisles being Peter McConomy, John
X. Montgomery, John Mathto', George II.
Krug, DR.. John l. Alice. J. T. NJ. DAvie and
Dr. Bowman.
At the same meeting Peter McConomy
made inquiry whether 1t WAS contemplated
by tho board to establish . high school |;
whereupon MIR. Stsinmsn offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resoircd, That II IL the sense of this board,
that . high school shall be established ~
soon after tho common schools are In opera.
ton ~ may t,s practicable.
Tho report was adopted by tho bard.
MODIFYING THE SYSTEM or TEACHING.
On the iO.h OF August, 1898. Mr.. Sts.nman.
from the COMMITTEES appointed 70 rep IT on
the mod ication Of the Lane astsrian system OF
tescbing made report - fellows:
"The committee have had tho subject
under serious consideration snd have given
Il that attention which its Importance de-
mands
ON the score Of economy and where the
main ohjec, In To educate = largo number Of
children at the least possible expense, the
committee do not doubt that the LancAs-
torisn system has the advantage OF every
other but where thorough and complete In
strucuon In sought TOR, they arc constrained
to think that other and more successfui
methods may he found 1; and, believing ~
they do that the hoard will consider the
quality rather than the chedpness OF the
schools they are about 70 establish, the COM
lnittss do nos hesitate 70 recommend the
constrained u believe 10 incursbiy detective
and super fetal.
In expressing this opinion the COMMITTEES
take occasion entirely 70 diaclsim any iuten.
casterisn schOpls Of this city. On the con.
tray they believe that the o stem has been
most faithfully and suecessfuliy sdminis
tered. 1t In not to the management OF the
system, but 10 the system itself that they Oh.
ject and which they are now peSusded
must every " here and on oil hands prove %
they have said, detective and .upeIdoisl
Its unnecessary 70 20 minutsly into The
committee 10 this conclusion. This much
however lhey will say that In edition u
their own observations and reflections, the
opirion which they have sdOpted 10 sus
hsd large and personal scquaintanos With the
actual WOr king Of the Lsnoasterian system
and also BY the remarkable isct that IN Pni's
dslphis, where thAt system was once mos
extensively In use, u has at length besl
orsdiisblv informed, will bs universally ant
finally abandoned.
Your committee therefore. unanimously
concur in recommending that the prs:en
Lancasteriau school 10 modified scOordinl
10 the following resolution.
Resoiped, That the LancssteTisn scboO
hOuso no used ~ primary school win on
male principal and three assistants IN eeC
school, one mslo and two females 10 th
boys, and three females In the girls depart
m0uG
Having thus discharged the immediate dut
assigned to them the committee beg l0av
70 add that 10 Recommending the toIsgoin
resolution they 60 upon the suppOsttion tbl
the schO0l about 70 DO established In q
other quarter OF the town will DO exclusive
~ i0r instruction In The higher branches
an EnGlish edu0A1i0u, and Shat every Chil
will b required 70 pan through The primsy
depsrtment before being sdmittsd 70 Il
higher gradA
The committss are awars that On sutsr,r
upon this grousd they have tsansaOtod the
c0mmlssi0o bus on consldsring tho duty {
signed them, they found Il impoasiblo 20 an
cuss Q plan Tor one school, WlthooS Smbes
Ing the other also. Hsving 0Iami0ed 4
subject among themsolves the eommita0o 8
pres the hope thas u may b brought up 4
tbs immediate coostdesaiioo Of tie boar
end - prsli0inaSy b I'll Other peoooooinG
thse unilUrm and syseemssic plsa will b
100 ad0pted for The yoGulati0o end oo0ts
O. the commou schools Of tho city,"
The report was adople6.
~ the same msstins. Rev. d.. BoWms
from the commitase On tsaehsss. Of VIII
Ms, 6tolunlan Was olao 0 momhos, report
tho uuAntmous sonse a. ths en0miiaoe
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